Hand cane



(No Model.)

F. A. NOLAN.

HAND GANE, CORN, AND B-'EAN PLANTER.

No; 247,098. Patented sept. 13,1831.

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FRANCIS A. NOLAN, OF DAYTON, MINNESOTA.

HAND CANE, CORN, AND BEAN PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters llatent No. 247,098, dated September 13, 1881.

Application nieu January/17,1881. (No model.;

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I,FRANc1sALoYs1Us No- LAN, of Dayton, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Hand Cane, Corn, and Bean Planters, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention has reference to that class of planters operated by hand, and in which the seed or grain is fed in regulated quantities from the seed-receptacle into the ground, plungers being employed to eiiect the feeding and depositing of the seed or grain in the soil; and it consists in the construction and the combi# nation of parts hereinafter described, and then sought to be speccally dened by the claims. I accomplish these results by the use of the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a sectional side elevation. Fig. II is a front elevation with a portion of the front broken out to show the arrangement of the feed-slide. Fig. III is a perspective view of the planter. Fig. IV is a plan view in section on the line x w of Fig. I. Fig. V is an enlarged sectional view of the feed-slide, Src.; Figs. VI and VII, perspective views of the feed-slide, &c., detached, illustratingythe manner of its arrangement.

A is a box or receptacle provided with an inclined bottom, B, and sliding cover C, in the ordinary manner.

D is a sheet-metal nose,7 arranged to inclose three sides of the lower part of the inclined bottom B, and with a space between its rear part and the back of the receptacle A, to serve as a guide for a plunger, E, which is provided with a metal foot, a, and runs upward above the top C and ends in a handle, F. Near the top of the receptacle A this plunger is provided with a slot, b', through which astationary metal stop, b2, secured in the back of the receptacle A, passes to regulate the throw of the plunger. A sheet-metal strap, c, is bent around the plunger E, and a portion of each side of the box A, and secured thereto and provided with a bolt, b3, passing through the strap c, metal stop b2, and box A, thus holding them all rigidly together, and at the same time 5o forming a guide for the upper part of the plunger.

G is a perpendicular partition running across the interior of the box A, leaving ak narrow space between it and the front of the casing A, in which a second plunger, H, connected to the opposite end of the handle F from the plunger E is arranged to slide up and down, and provided with a slot, t", stationary metal stop t2, and bolt 3, similar to the slot b and stop b2 ofthe plunger E, by which the throw is regulated, both plungers thus acting togetherV by one movement.

I is a horizontal partition running across the box A and reaching nearly to the front, and provided with a brush, e, on its front edge and an inclined piece, K, above it, said incline forming the bottom of the seed-receptacle and causing the seed to be all run toward the front. The partition G does not reach quite down to the partition I, but a space, l1., is left for the escape of the seed. The lower part of the plunger H is provided with a long open slot, d', in which a slide, d2, is arranged to be adj usted higher orlower by a screwa, set through a metal plate, d4, on the face ot' the lower part of the plunger, by which the hole d5, through which the seed escapes, may be regulated to adapt it to different kinds of seed. The slide d isformed with a large curved notch, d6, in one end and a smaller curved notch, di, in the other, so that by removing the screw d3 the slide may be turned end for end and either notch used, the smaller notch d7 beingfor small seeds-such as sorghum, sugar-cane, 85o.- while the larger notch d is for corn, beans, &c. The upper part of the inclined bottom B projects beyond the face of the front of the receptacle A atm, and is provided with a slide, M, forming a shield or guard to the feed-slide d2, which by its removal aliords access to the slide to adjust or change it, one end, u, being formed into a screw-driver, by which to operate the screw da, or a square or Octagon hole will be cut through it when a bolt is substituted for the screw.

N is a flat spring-plate secured'by its top to the lower part ot the front of the inclined .bottom B by screws r, setting through slots in the spring-plate,'so that it may be adjusted higher or lower to regulate the pressure of its lower end upon the back of the nose D or plunger E, to adapt it to different kinds of soil or to compensate for wear tothe springplate.

To operate the planter the slide d2 is set IO@ O higher or lower to adapt it to the kind of grain and number of kernels it is desired to plantiu each hill, and the seed placed in the receptacle A. The plate K, forming a hopper-bottom to the receptacle, causes the seed to press with some degree of force upon the lower part of the plunger H, and thus fills the space d5 with seed. The plungers E H are then run down by the handle F, which causes the brush e to cut off the seed except what is in the space d5, and this seed then falls down into the angular corner between the lower ends of the springplate N and plunger E. The plun gers and the whole planter are then lifted up, which raises the plnngers and allows the space d5 to again ll with seed, andthe seed that has fallen down before to run into the corner between the noseplate D and spring-plate N', so that when the planter is set over the spot where it is desired to plant a hill the rst kernels dropped into the angular nose will be forced into the ground and another hill ot' kernels dropped, and so on.

I am aware that, separately considered, in hand-planters, an inclined bottom to the seedreceptacle, connected pluri gers, notched slides,

and reversible slides are not new; also, that it is not new to have a plunger slotted and guided by stops held in the slots, and I hereby enter a disclaimer to the said several enumerated features, separately considered.

What I claim as new isl. The receptacles A and B, each provided with inclined bottoms, in combination with the connected plungers E and H and brush e, the plunger H having the slot d', and provided with the adjustable and reversible notched slide d2, whereby the several parts will operate as set forth, for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of receptacles A and B, the latter having the offsets m, and the sliding detachable guard M, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS ALOYSIUS NOLAN.

Vtnesses:

C. N. Woonwnnn, LoUrs FEEsER. 

